Scots-Irish

The Scots-Irish are a community of people in the United States descended from Scottish colonists in Ireland (known as Ulster Scots in the United Kingdom). 3,075,137 Americans identify as Scots-Irish, with 12% of Americans claiming Irish descent and 2% of Scots descent, with most of them being Presbyterian. Scots-Irish communities are mostly located in the South, with the Carolinas, Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, and Virginia having significant Scots-Irish populations.